niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Live stream https://globalnews.ca/news/6462626/coronavirus-toronto-hospital/
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Case and contact management as soon as identified. More prepared than in the past (SARS, 2003).
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Launched website to provide updates https://www.ontario.ca/page/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Jan 21st flight Became ill and called 911 Ambulance first-responders fully protected
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Claim not easily transmitted (bad answer) Not in Toronto long Contacts in self isolation
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Local lab confirmation this afternoon
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Identifying passengers within three rows on flight (Guangzhou to Toronto). Initial flight was Wuhan to Guangzhou.
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Much more prepared that 17 years ago (SARS)
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Direct transport to hospital. First responders had full PPE Screening with questionnaire
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Says 10% CFR was for severe cases (another bad answer)
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Private transportation from airport to home
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Toronto test is rapid and reliable Confident that Winnipeg will confirm
niman Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Posted January 25, 2020 Canadian Health officials say there is a "presumptive positive case" of the coronavirus in Toronto. Ontario's Chief Medical Health Officer confirms a man in his 50's travelled to Wuhan, China and became ill. He was taken to Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital and his condition is stable.
niman Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Posted January 26, 2020 Ontario Confirms First Case of Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Extensive Protocols in Place to Detect and Contain Cases January 25, 2020 5:55 P.M. Ministry of Health TORONTO — Today, Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced Ontario's first presumptive confirmed case of Wuhan novel coronavirus in Toronto. On Thursday, January 23, 2020, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre admitted a patient brought in by paramedics who presented with fever and respiratory symptoms. The patient was screened, recent travel history to Wuhan, China, was confirmed and the patient was immediately put under isolation. The hospital and paramedic service took all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of staff and other patients. Diagnostic testing was conducted, and specimens were sent to the Public Health Ontario Laboratory to confirm the diagnosis. On Saturday, January 25, 2020, the Public Health Lab confirmed the case as a presumptive positive case. "All appropriate infection prevention and control measures were followed by both paramedics and the hospital," said Dr. Williams. "Toronto Public Health is conducting case and contact management and Ontario is in touch with our federal counterparts to help determine exposure to other individuals on the flights." Recently, to strengthen the province's ability to monitor any coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Health added novel coronavirus as a designated disease reportable under Ontario's public health legislation. Because of this, and other protocol and procedures that Ontario has in effect, the case was quickly identified and protocols for protection of health care workers and the public was immediately enacted. "Although there is now a presumptive confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Ontario, I want Ontarians to know that the province is prepared to actively identify, prevent and control the spread of this serious infectious disease in Ontario." said Elliott. "I want Ontarians to know that their health and wellbeing is my top concern. Ontario has robust processes in place, skilled clinicians and dedicated health workers to identify and manage this and any future cases safely and effectively. We have specialized units within our hospitals to deal specifically with these types of cases when they arise." The ministry has been and will remain in constant contact with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and other jurisdictions to monitor the developing situation and safeguard the health of all Ontarians, as well as to ensure our shared efforts to protect the public are coordinated and effective. To help educate Ontarians about Wuhan novel coronavirus, how they can protect themselves and what to do if they suspect they may be at risk, the province has launched a dedicated webpage. Moving forward, each weekday this web page will be updated with the most up-to-date information on the number of cases under investigation and those that have been confirmed. Media Contacts Travis Kann Director, Communications [email protected] 647-388-5845 David Jensen Ministry of Health [email protected] 416-314-619 https://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2020/01/ontario-confirms-first-case-of-wuhan-novel-coronavirus.html
Ontario Confirms First Case of Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Extensive Protocols in Place to Detect and Contain Cases January 25, 2020 5:55 P.M. Ministry of Health TORONTO — Today, Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced Ontario's first presumptive confirmed case of Wuhan novel coronavirus in Toronto. On Thursday, January 23, 2020, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre admitted a patient brought in by paramedics who presented with fever and respiratory symptoms. The patient was screened, recent travel history to Wuhan, China, was confirmed and the patient was immediately put under isolation. The hospital and paramedic service took all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of staff and other patients. Diagnostic testing was conducted, and specimens were sent to the Public Health Ontario Laboratory to confirm the diagnosis. On Saturday, January 25, 2020, the Public Health Lab confirmed the case as a presumptive positive case. "All appropriate infection prevention and control measures were followed by both paramedics and the hospital," said Dr. Williams. "Toronto Public Health is conducting case and contact management and Ontario is in touch with our federal counterparts to help determine exposure to other individuals on the flights." Recently, to strengthen the province's ability to monitor any coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Health added novel coronavirus as a designated disease reportable under Ontario's public health legislation. Because of this, and other protocol and procedures that Ontario has in effect, the case was quickly identified and protocols for protection of health care workers and the public was immediately enacted. "Although there is now a presumptive confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Ontario, I want Ontarians to know that the province is prepared to actively identify, prevent and control the spread of this serious infectious disease in Ontario." said Elliott. "I want Ontarians to know that their health and wellbeing is my top concern. Ontario has robust processes in place, skilled clinicians and dedicated health workers to identify and manage this and any future cases safely and effectively. We have specialized units within our hospitals to deal specifically with these types of cases when they arise." The ministry has been and will remain in constant contact with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and other jurisdictions to monitor the developing situation and safeguard the health of all Ontarians, as well as to ensure our shared efforts to protect the public are coordinated and effective. To help educate Ontarians about Wuhan novel coronavirus, how they can protect themselves and what to do if they suspect they may be at risk, the province has launched a dedicated webpage. Moving forward, each weekday this web page will be updated with the most up-to-date information on the number of cases under investigation and those that have been confirmed.
niman Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Posted January 26, 2020 Man believed to have coronavirus in Toronto showed symptoms on flight A lab assistant works on samples after an AP interview with Christian Drosten, director of the institute for virology of Berlin's Charite hospital on his researches on the coronavirus in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian PressPublished Sunday, January 26, 2020 11:13AM ESTLast Updated Sunday, January 26, 2020 11:31AM EST OTTAWA -- The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public Health officer said Sunday as she stressed the risk of future infection is low. Dr. Theresa Tam said the man in his 50's, currently in stable condition in a Toronto hospital, showed mild symptoms on the flight that brought him back to the country from China earlier this week. Tam said authorities are now working to help track some of his fellow passengers, but said the case demonstrates that the country's public health protocols are working. “The patient has been managed with all appropriate infection and prevention control protocols, so the risk of onward spread in Canada is low,” Tam said at a morning news conference. “Nevertheless it would not be unexpected that there will be more cases imported into Canada in the near-term given global travel patterns.” Tam said the Ontario patient did not report his flu-like symptoms upon first landing in Toronto, but did share his recent stay in Wuhan with first responders when he sought medical help the next day. The man remains in hospital, where Ontario health authorities said he's being held in a negative-pressure room used to contain airborne illnesses. Despite her concession that future Canadian cases are expected, Tam said close, prolonged human-to-human contact is usually necessary for the disease to spread. The news of Canada's first coronavirus patient comes as authorities around the world grapple with the new type of virus, which originated in China but has since spread to Europe and North America. There are more than 1,975 cases so far, including three in France and two in the United States. While 56 people have died of the virus in China - most of the deaths have been older patients - the World Health Organization has not declared the outbreak an international public health emergency. https://www.cp24.com/news/man-believed-to-have-coronavirus-in-toronto-showed-symptoms-on-flight-1.4783925
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